Introduction

The course is designed to study the features of the political structure of modern Russia. It contains both general information on the institutional, procedural and value components of the political system and public policy in Russia, as well as a description of the problems, contradictions and prospects for the political development of the country. The course contains three main modules: (1) the political system and regime in Russia: state institutions, political parties, civil society; (2) the public policy process in Russia: the mechanisms for elaborating, adopting and implementing policies and decisions; (3) directions and problems of economic and social policy in Russia: development based on stabilization. The course is aimed at those listeners who want to gain systematic knowledge of politics in Russia, as well as those who are focused on studying Russia's political development in complex and uncertain contexts. Studying the course students can choose the level of the course (general or in-depth), focusing on video material, information, discussions, forums, evaluations and interactive communication with teachers. The advanced level of the course development assumes the active participation of students in discussions, forums and project assignments. The overall mission of the course is to develop students' objective political knowledge about Russia and their ability to make critical scientific analysis and assessment.

教学方

Kirill A. Neverov

Candidate of Political Sciences

Leonid V. Smorgunov

Doctor of Philosophy

Anna V. Volkova

Doctor of Political Science

Aleksandr S. Sherstobitov

Candidate of Political Science

脚本

[MUSIC] Hello everyone, nice to see you again. Nice to see the new students in this auditorium. Today we will talk about the executive power in the Russian Federation, about the public administration. Everyone knows that the effective implementation of public policy is largely dependent from the executives. Preliminary, I would like to stress three main characteristics of the executive in the Russian Federation. First of all, it is organized on the three levels. There are central levels or federal levels of the executive. This is government of the Russian Federation, different ministries, executive departments, services, and agencies. You know that Russia is federated state, so the second level, this is the executive at the subjects of the Russian Federations. There are 85 constituencies in the Russia, so every constituency has own executive. The last point, we have the municipality in the Russia, or self-governance in the Russia. So every municipalities have the executive also, and the functions of the executive at that level is fulfilled by the Mayor of the cities, different committees, executive officers, and in villages, they advance. Secondly, the organization of the executive power in the Russian Federation, not formally but in reality, is based on the principal of separation of power. Of course, there is the problem with the realization of this principle in reality. But I would like to stress that this principle means that the power of the executive is strictly defined. Second, the power of the executive is dependent from the law that adopted by the representative for all levels of the Russian Federation. The executive is independent in resolving different governance issues. And thirdly, the activities of the executive power in the Russian Federation are based on the principle of unity. This principle is ensured by a single State Public Policy in various sectors, and the unity of the organization is the exercise of delegated functions in Russia. Well then, in this lecture we shall discuss following topics. What is the organization of the executive in Russia? What is the public administration in Russia? Secondly, how the executive use new electronic technique. What does it mean, electronic government in Russia? Thirdly, what the construction of public service in Russia? What is about Russian bureaucracy? Very important question, this is capacity building in Russia. So we will say about the different administrative reform in Russian Federation. And last question is, this is problem of corruption and anticorruption measures in the Russian Federation.